Landon Talks Stephen King's "Christine" Remake

"Disturbia" co-writer Christopher Landon spoke to ComingSoon about a possible "Christine" remake. The original was directed by John Carpenter and was based on a Stephen King novel. The story was about a nerdish boy, who buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it. Here is what Landon had to say:

"['Christine'] has been all over the place. If it happens or not we'll see, but when I came in what I wanted to do was really go back to the book, the source material. I'm a fan of the Carpenter version, it is fun. But the book was much more of a possession story than it was just a killer car. That's what made the book so great is that what was so terrifying was that it wasn't just about an inanimate object running around and killing people, it was a boy who was sorta being taken over by the former owner of the car - and there was something more terrifying about that. Also, I just love the dynamics of the characters and so forth. Right now it's way too soon say anything else about it. We're so in the thick of deal-making, I don't want to blow anything else!"

The 1983 original starred John Stockwell (director of "Turistas"), Keith Gordon ("Dexter") and Alexandra Paul ("Baywatch").